Mr Tontie Binado, Brong Ahafo Regional Programme Officer of Action Aid Ghana, said this on Thursday at the regional celebration of this year‘s 16 days activism against gender based violence at Nsawkaw in the Tain District.

The event is marked annually in December to highlight violence against women and girls and help eliminate them. Held under the theme: “Violence in the world of work “, the event, organized by Action Aid Ghana, was attended by women groups in the Tain District.

Mr Binado said women go through a lot of harassment and abuse at their work places and in their working lives.She said they receive low earnings, working in poor and dangerous conditions and again suffer sexual harassment and abuse.

Mr Binado said statistics have shown that  30 percent of domestic workers mostly  women are  excluded from natural labour legislation whilst most of domestic workers were also subjected to extreme maltreatment and exploitation.

He urged the public to report all forms of gender based violence at the appropriate quarters for justice to be meted out.

Madam Grace Afra,  Regional  secretary of  small women holders  women farmers  movement noted that  one in every three women   have either been sexually  abused adding that such action is a  grave violation  of human rights.

She stated that the situation affects the general well-being of women and prevent them from fully participating in social development and decision making at all levels. Madam Grace  stated that  the magnitude  of the situation  needs an  urgent  measure  to save women  who are  vulnerable to  violence  and sexual abuses  by ensuring  that women enjoy  their fundamental rights.

Violence continues to be    perverse  at home , communities and in schools  she said and called  for the enforcement of  the  laws and policies  on gender based violence  to ensure that  perpetrators  do not walk  away  freely without been punish.

She called for  the establishment of  Domestic  violence  and Victim support   Units (DOVVSU) offices  in the various districts    for  survival victims  of  gender base violence to seek for justice  and also  asked  child care  centres be established by the Assemblies  to free  time for women  to be able  engage in economic activities.

Mr Yaw George Ankamah, Regional director  of the Department of Children, advised women to be agent of change  by  showing love and equal treating to  their  maid servant who  were been engaged all the time in  doing  virtually every work at home .

He observed that house maids were maltreated by women at homes all the time and that is why the public sees women to be enemies of them. The women marched through some principal streets of the town with various inscriptions on the placards to create awareness of violence against women and later presented  a petition to Tain District Chief Executive (DCE), which was received by Mr Saaka Issah Sadrat, Deputy District Coordinating Director .